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"Your Duty...": Chief Justice On Bengal's 'No Night Shift For Women' Note
Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud today criticised a West Bengal government's notification saying state-run hospitals would avoid allotting night shifts to women doctors, stressing that it is the State's duty to provide them security.
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35% Of Indian Doctors, Mostly Women, Feel Unsafe During Night Shifts: Study
An IMA study has revealed that one-third of its respondent doctors, majority of them being women, felt "unsafe" or "very unsafe" during their night shifts, so much so that some even felt the need to start carrying weapons for self-defence.
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Special App, Safe Zones: Bengal's Measures For Women Working Night Shifts
The West Bengal government has proposed several measures for the safety of working women during the night shift amid a nationwide outrage over the rape and murder of a trainee doctor during her 36-hour shift at a Kolkata hospital.
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Karnataka Assembly Passes Bill For Women To Work Night Shifts At Factories
The Karnataka Legislative Assembly on Wednesday passed a Bill, amending the Factories Act, to allow women to work night shifts at factories.
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Free Transport Among New Rules For Women Working Late In UP
In order to provide a safe environment for women at the workplace, the Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government on Saturday, in an order, stated that no women worker can be bound to do the night shift in factories across the state.
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Kerala Chief Minister Wants Ban On Women Doing Night Shifts In Factories To Go
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday made a strong pitch for ending a legal ban which prevents women workers from doing night shifts in factories.
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Goa Approves Amendment Allowing Women In Industries To Work Night Shifts
The Goa cabinet Wednesday approved an amendment to the Factories Act which will allow industries to employ women for night shifts.
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Government Allows Women To Work In Underground Coal Mines
The Central Government on Monday decided to allow women to work in underground coal mines and also do night shifts in open cast or over ground mines, in a bid to bring about greater gender equality and generate more employment opportunities for women.
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No Night Shifts For Women, They Are Needed At Home, Say Karnataka Legislators
Women should not be forced to work in night shifts and companies should, as far as possible, avoid women on the night shift, a committee of legislators has proposed in Karnataka. The proposal has triggered a barrage of protests from activists and civil society, who have called it regressive and argued that if accepted, it will shrink the space for ...
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Are You Working Night Shifts? It May Not Be Good For Your Heart
Rotating night shifts may slightly increase a woman's risk of heart disease, said a new study, published in the US journal JAMA.
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Andhra Pradesh Government Allows Women to Work in Factories in Night Shifts
The Andhra Pradesh government on Saturday issued a circular allowing women to work in factories in night shifts.
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Pratibha Murthy case: Life imprisonment for cab driver
Eighty-year-old Gowramma broke down after she heard that the taxi driver who raped and killed her daughter had been sentenced to life in prison.Earlier this week, the judge of a fast-track court in Bangalore said that charges had been proved against Shiva Kumar."Where is the question of peace," asked Gowramma, who brought up Pratibha alone after he...
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Pratibha Murthy case: Life imprisonment for cab driver
A Bangalore court has sentenced Shiva Kumar to life in prison for raping and murdering 28-year-old Pratibha Murthy, a BPO employee.Earlier this week, a judge accepted the evidence against Kumar, a cab driver.In 2005, Shiva Kumar showed up to collect Pratibha from her home in Bangalore for the night shift at the call centre where she worked. H...
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"Your Duty...": Chief Justice On Bengal's 'No Night Shift For Women' Note
Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud today criticised a West Bengal government's notification saying state-run hospitals would avoid allotting night shifts to women doctors, stressing that it is the State's duty to provide them security.
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35% Of Indian Doctors, Mostly Women, Feel Unsafe During Night Shifts: Study
An IMA study has revealed that one-third of its respondent doctors, majority of them being women, felt "unsafe" or "very unsafe" during their night shifts, so much so that some even felt the need to start carrying weapons for self-defence.
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Special App, Safe Zones: Bengal's Measures For Women Working Night Shifts
The West Bengal government has proposed several measures for the safety of working women during the night shift amid a nationwide outrage over the rape and murder of a trainee doctor during her 36-hour shift at a Kolkata hospital.
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Karnataka Assembly Passes Bill For Women To Work Night Shifts At Factories
The Karnataka Legislative Assembly on Wednesday passed a Bill, amending the Factories Act, to allow women to work night shifts at factories.
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Free Transport Among New Rules For Women Working Late In UP
In order to provide a safe environment for women at the workplace, the Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government on Saturday, in an order, stated that no women worker can be bound to do the night shift in factories across the state.
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Kerala Chief Minister Wants Ban On Women Doing Night Shifts In Factories To Go
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday made a strong pitch for ending a legal ban which prevents women workers from doing night shifts in factories.
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Goa Approves Amendment Allowing Women In Industries To Work Night Shifts
The Goa cabinet Wednesday approved an amendment to the Factories Act which will allow industries to employ women for night shifts.
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Government Allows Women To Work In Underground Coal Mines
The Central Government on Monday decided to allow women to work in underground coal mines and also do night shifts in open cast or over ground mines, in a bid to bring about greater gender equality and generate more employment opportunities for women.
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No Night Shifts For Women, They Are Needed At Home, Say Karnataka Legislators
Women should not be forced to work in night shifts and companies should, as far as possible, avoid women on the night shift, a committee of legislators has proposed in Karnataka. The proposal has triggered a barrage of protests from activists and civil society, who have called it regressive and argued that if accepted, it will shrink the space for ...
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Are You Working Night Shifts? It May Not Be Good For Your Heart
Rotating night shifts may slightly increase a woman's risk of heart disease, said a new study, published in the US journal JAMA.
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Andhra Pradesh Government Allows Women to Work in Factories in Night Shifts
The Andhra Pradesh government on Saturday issued a circular allowing women to work in factories in night shifts.
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Pratibha Murthy case: Life imprisonment for cab driver
Eighty-year-old Gowramma broke down after she heard that the taxi driver who raped and killed her daughter had been sentenced to life in prison.Earlier this week, the judge of a fast-track court in Bangalore said that charges had been proved against Shiva Kumar."Where is the question of peace," asked Gowramma, who brought up Pratibha alone after he...
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Pratibha Murthy case: Life imprisonment for cab driver
A Bangalore court has sentenced Shiva Kumar to life in prison for raping and murdering 28-year-old Pratibha Murthy, a BPO employee.Earlier this week, a judge accepted the evidence against Kumar, a cab driver.In 2005, Shiva Kumar showed up to collect Pratibha from her home in Bangalore for the night shift at the call centre where she worked. H...
